Pronunciation Guide
Editors’ Preface
Entering the World of the Ju|’hoansi
Introduction
We Invite You to Dance with God: A Welcome from the Ju|’hoan
Bushman Elders
Part One
Core Teachings
1 God’s Divine Egg
2 Getting Cooked by God
3 Receiving N|om
4 The Stations of N|om
5 Ropes to God
6 Transmitting N|om
7 Bushman Healers and Healing
8 N!o’an-ka|’ae: The Changing
9 First and Second Creation
10 Meeting the Ancestors
11 Kabis and the Classrooms
12 All of Creation Dances
13 N|om Songs
14 The Heart of the Spears
15 The Old Ways
16 The Ideal Bushman Life
17 Everyone Is Invited to Dance with God
Part Two
The Elders Speak: Remembrances
18 N!ae G≠kau
19 N!ae Kxao
20 Ti!’ae ≠Oma
21 |Ui N!a’an
22 ≠Oma Dahm
23 G|aq’o Kaqece
24 N!ani G|aq’o
25 Tci!xo !Ui
26 Kaqece |Kaece
27 |Ui Debe
28 Tcoq’a |Ui
29 |Xoan |Kun
30 |Kunta Boo
Appendix
Dictionary of the Ju|’hoan Religion: Words Used by the
N|om-kxaosi
Bibliography
Index
Bradford Keeney, Ph.D., is a renowned traditional healer, spiritual teacher, musician, and scholar. His fieldwork with the Kalahari Bushmen (San) in Namibia and Botswana began more than two decades ago. He is the author of many books, including Bushman Shaman and Shaking Medicine. Hillary Keeney, Ph.D., is a traditional healer, spiritual teacher, dancer, scholar, and associate editor of Dance, Movement, and Spirituality. Together the Keeneys cofounded the Keeney Institute for Healing.
“Way of the Bushman is a powerful spiritual testament. The Kalahari
Bushman elders provide a credible and extraordinary guide for the
healing journey to radical ecstasy. This book will alter your
consciousness and help you dance with the divine.”
*Carl Hammerschlag, M.D., faculty member at the University of
Arizona Medical School and author of Th*
“Rare ancient wisdom desperately needed in today’s world.”
*Robbie Holz, coauthor of Secrets of Aboriginal Healing and author
of Aboriginal Secrets of Awakening*
“First and foremost, Bradford Keeney has danced with the San
(Bushmen) and met them at a kinesthetic level of understanding that
is unparalleled in previous anthropological research. Having met
the elder healers on their own terms, Brad developed a deep
relationship that brought a new voice and insight to the
representation and interpretation of their healing dance. Hillary
and Brad have a very special physical and academic skillset and an
exceptional dedication to research. This book reveals new depths in
the beliefs and practices of San (Bushman) healing that will
hopefully be as valuable for the San (Bushmen) as a record and
guide in a fast-changing world as it is for the wider world to
appreciate these extraordinary people.”
*Chris Low, anthropologist and physician, African Studies Centre,
University of Oxford*
“Other anthropologists had not succeeded in pushing through to the
deep experience that is the key to Bushman spirituality. With Brad
Keeney’s acceptance as a healer, hithero closed doors began to
open. This work describes in previously unavailable detail how the
Bushmen learn the techniques of transition and transformation,how
they journey to the spirit realm, and how they climb the ropes of
God. As we read the words of these Bushman elders, we can almost
feel what it must be like to undertake such journeys.”
*David Lewis-Williams, Ph.D., founder of the Rock Art Research
Institute, University of Witwatersrand*
“Bradford and Hillary Keeney have broken through the dusty curtain
that often separates anthropologists from the people whose beliefs
and practices they want to understand. Instead of writing
exclusively about their own impressions, they foreground the
teachings of Ju’hoan Bushman elders from northeastern Namibia.
Their parallel commentary shows how a form of circular interaction
and change-oriented activities have kept the ancient religion and
its practitioners alive and successful despite major social
upheaval in their community over the past century or more. It is a
poignant reminder that the opportunity to share the experiences
described with rare insight in this ‘bible’ may never arise in the
same way again.”
*Janette Deacon, Ph.D., archaeologist and authority on Bushman rock
art*
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